This is an FYI. On my newish Fedora 8 install. One issue I had is that I can't SSH in and authenticate using public keys. I get prompted for a password. Password login works. Just not public key authentication. I can SSH out with pubkeys, not in, though. Same home directory (multi-boot; shared disk partition) works fine on Fedora 6. Server syslog logs don't indicate anything helpful, even with the sshd log level cranked up to DEBUG3. "ssh -vvv" also didn't yield any clues. Reproduces with stock sshd_config file as well as the one I was using on Fedora 6.
Poking around on the web, I find someone suggesting running SSH in foreground debug mode with "sshd -d". Grasping for straws, I try that. And *the problem goes away*. That's right, when running normally, it doesn't work; when running in debug mode, it works fine. Heisenbug. <whimper> I eventually discover that running "/sbin/restorecon ~bscott ; /sbin/restorecon -r ~bscott/.ssh" fixes the issue. Apparently SELinux labeling wasn't right for something. What I still don't get is why running sshd in debug mode made it work. Submitted for your approval. /cue "Twilight Zone" theme -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/